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Europe's largest low cost airline, Ryanair, will enter the Bosnian market this year by introducing flights to Banja Luka. It comes following protracted talks with the government of the Entity of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The carrier will introduce two weekly services from Charleroi Airport in Belgium, each Monday and Friday, starting October 29, as well as from Memmingen in Germany from October 30, each Tuesday and Saturday. The Prime Minister of the entity, Željka Cvijanović, has said that "several additional destinations will also be launched" by the airline in the coming period. Tickets for the new routes are already available for purchase through the carrier's website.
Commenting on the new route, Ryanair’s Sales and Marketing Executive for Belgium, Helene Begasse, said, “We are pleased to announce a new Brussels Charleroi to Banja Luka route commencing this November. This new route marks Ryanair's entry into Bosnia and Herzegovina, and wi…

The world's largest carrier, American Airlines, is considering introducing seasonal flights to Dubrovnik. According to the "TangoSix" portal, the company is in talks with the airport over a seasonal service from Philadelphia. A decision on the matter is expected within the next month. American operates a number of seasonal flights to Europe from its Philadelphia hub including Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Lisbon, Prague, Shannon and Venice. This year, the airline expanded its reach from Philadelphia into Europe with seasonal flights to Budapest and Prague. Both are operated by its Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The move is seen as affirming American’s commitment to Philadelphia as a trans-Atlantic gateway.
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Tuzla Airport in talks with second airline

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Tuzla has entered talks with a second commercial carrier, whose arrival could ease the airport's dependence on Wizz Air. Tuzla Airport's Acting Director for Development and Marketing, Enver Juknaović, recently said, "Very soon a new carrier will begin operations [to Tuzla], despite Wizz Air continuing to expand its network. The idea of bringing another airline dates back from when an agreement was signed with Wizz Air instead of Ryanair. However, we have maintained contact with Ryanair and other carriers who were initially apprehensive of our statistics and analysis". Wizz Air is currently the only airline maintaining flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina's third largest city. Last week it announced a major expansion, with two new destinations to be added this year, and a further five in 2017. In addition, the airline will boost frequencies on several existing routes.

Tuzla Airport attempted to ease its reliance on Wizz Air, which handles all of its traffic, late last year. At the time, Montenegro Airlines, in cooperation with a local tour operator, launched services to Vienna, however, these flights were short-lived and cancelled several weeks later. Although Tuzla Airport's potential new customer is yet to be disclosed, Ryanair has been eyeing a possible entry into the Bosnian market for several years and has held talks with both Tuzla and Mostar airports in the past. Within the former Yugoslavia, Wizz Air and Ryanair operate side by side at Serbia's Niš Airport. Speaking in an interview in 2011, Mr Jukanović, who was then the General Manager of Tuzla Airport, said, "We have been in talks with Ryanair since 2006. We have to secure sufficient funds from the local government to subsidise the flights. After this is achieved, Ryanair will begin a six month marketing campaign and commence operations".

Tuzla Airport initially struggled to attract airlines and passengers when it opened its doors for commercial use in 1998. However, its fortunes turned in 2013 when Wizz Air launched its first service from Malmo. Flights quickly proved popular and the no frills airline expanded its network. It is currently the only commercial airline serving Bosnia and Herzegovina's second busiest airport on a year-long basis and has fuelled its spectacular passenger growth over the past two years. Tuzla Airport continued to see its passenger numbers grow with 173.845 travellers handled during the first seven months of the year, an increase of 33.6% compared to the same period in 2015.

I would believe you if those 2 things are not possible. A319 after atr42 which they barely filled in the summer, and takeoff at 4am, who would fly at that insane hour. They would have trouble filling atr42 at that ungodly hour, let alone A319

well, that's how it is so fair in CSA's online booking system. It is possible that they are counting on transfer pax...

ATR75 - from what I know, CSA had no problems filling their planes this summer. It was rather OU that had problems...

CSA's flight times are terrible, but on the other hand, if demand is there...well OU probably won't fly that route, so here's some space... also, there are not that many direct flight options out of ExYu to PRG, so perhaps they may count on the Slovens, people from BiH etc.

Smart move not to depend on Wizz so much. That is always an issue with small regional airports. Nis was very smart to bring both Ryan and Wizz straight away. The situation is a bit more difficult with Tuzla with so many routes already served.

All ex yu airport expand their traffic except Slovenia. Slovenia is a black hole in European air traffic. MBX has a brand new airport but extremly unexperienced managment as airport and aa major of city. Also LJU will have in the future cinnections to FRA, MUC, VIE and ZRH.

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